1NOT KNOWDON'T CAREto raise and then lower your shoulders in order to show that you do not know something or do not care about something 耸(肩)〔表示不知道或不在乎〕
I just shrugged my shoulders and ignored him.
我只是耸耸肩,没有理睬他。
Melanie shrugged and walked away.
梅拉妮耸耸肩走开了。
2shrug something ↔ offphrasal verbphr vDON'T CAREIGNOREto treat something as unimportant and not worry about it 对…满不在乎,对…不屑一顾
We can’t just shrug these objections off.
我们不能不理会这些反对意见呀。
Examples from the Corpus
shrug off• I offered my thanks to Oliver, and even suggested some debtrestructuring by way of gratitude, but he just shrugged it off.• It was a bad cut, but he'd shrugged it off.• Miguel said, shrugging it off.• When they do, they're tough enough to shrug it off.• Floyd Johnson tried to pull Varney back, but Varney shrugged him off and looked ready to lunge.• She giggled, and shrugged Hugh off, as he tried to plant a kiss, and nip her arms.• Spidershrugged it off reluctantly, his tonestoic.• She felt his hand on her arm and tried to shrug it off, tried to keep moving.
shrugged ... shoulders• Jimmy looked enquiringly at him and Pete just shrugged his shoulders.• He shrugged his shoulders and it fell down his arms.• Most of his contemporaries would have shrugged their shoulders and let it remain as part of the natural order of things.• He shrugged his shoulders and waited for her to clarify her question.• She raised her eyebrows and shrugged her shoulders at the chil-dren.• Clarence raised his head, looked at her, and shrugged his shoulders helplessly.• She looked at her sister, who shrugged her shoulders noncommittally.• She shrugged up her shoulders, obviously just enjoying this discussion no end.
shrug2 noun [countableC]
1[usually singular]HBH a movement of your shoulders upwards and then downwards again that you make to show that you do not know something or do not care about something 耸肩
with a shrug• Ewen came, with a shrug and a smile and a lifted eyebrow, and the two detectives close behind him.• People once accepted government greed and graftwith a shrug of resignation.• Appeals to the crowd for a telephone met with shrugs.• His presscampaign was met with a shrug of the shoulders.• He broke off with a shrug.• Stockdale recalls his vice- presidential run with a shrug.• The stockmarketroars with confidence and pays its capital-gains taxes with a shrug.• Polly stared after him, then, with a shrug, went into the tiny shower-room.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + SHRUG | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤little, slight, small輕微的聳肩➤simple只是聳肩◇The answer was a simple shrug.只是聳聳肩作答。➤careless, indifferent淡漠的/漠然的聳肩▸➤casual, nonchalant漫不經心的/無動於衷的聳肩▸➤dismissive輕蔑的聳肩▸➤half-hearted, helpless, resigned不熱心的/無助的/無奈的聳肩▸➤weary不耐煩的聳肩▸➤apologetic表示歉意的聳肩▸➤self-deprecating自謙的聳肩▸➤mental無奈地想了想◇With a mental shrug, he decided to tell the truth.他在心裏無奈地想了想,決定說出實情。➤Gallic (BrE) 法國式聳肩VERB + SHRUG➤give聳聳肩◇The boy gave a slight shrug and walked away.那男孩微微聳了聳肩,走開了。PREPOSITION➤in a shrug聳肩◇She lifted her shoulders in a little shrug.她微微聳了聳肩。➤with a shrug聳了聳肩◇'I don't know!' she said with a shrug.她聳聳肩說:“我不知道!”➤shrug of⋯的聳肩◇a shrug of resignation無奈的聳肩PHRASES➤a shrug of the/your shoulders聳肩◇He replied with a shrug of his shoulders.他聳了聳肩算是作答。shrug
verb
ADVERB➤lightly, slightly微微聳肩▸➤carelessly, dismissively, indifferently, nonchalantly, offhandedly不在乎地/輕蔑地/漠然地/無動於衷地/漫不經心地聳肩◇She shrugged nonchalantly and turned away.她無動於衷地聳了聳肩,扭頭走了。➤casually不經意地聳肩➤wearily不耐煩地聳肩➤uncomfortably不自在地聳肩▸➤apologetically, awkwardly, sheepishly抱歉地/局促不安地/難為情地聳肩▸➤helplessly無能為力地聳肩◇He shrugged helplessly and said nothing.他無能為力地聳了聳肩,什麼也沒說。➤innocently, modestly天真地/謙虛地聳肩➤good-naturedly心平氣和地聳肩▸➤just, merely, only, simply只是聳聳肩◇He merely shrugged his shoulders in reply.他只是聳聳肩,算是回答。